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38 of 39 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Initial Review, October 24, 2007
This is an initial review of the ROKR E6, as I only had it a couple hours.
The phone so far seems great, only minor points of improvement. The first thing anyone should know is these phones are initially for the Chinese market and when you get the phone and turn it on, everything is in Chinese. To get the phone into English requires navigation to the setup menu and changing the system language setting from its default of Chinese to English. Remember, everything is in Chinese so a little educated guesswork of using the interface is in order since you cannot read anything. It is also not covered in the instruction manuals. Once you get this first detail out of the way, everything becomes much smoother.
The phone I upgraded from was the RAZR V3, and this I must say is much better a phone, it too early but I not seen the problems I had with the RAZR, shutting off and rebooting, etc when you are trying to make a call.
The ROKR E6 is a linux based phone, but you would not know it when you turn the device on. If you wish to get the Linux command line, you have to go hunting for the terminal emulation program for it. I've not found it yet.
One nifty feature is the handwriting recognition, having been a Palm user, I had no problems adapting to it, there are some differences in the handwriting recognition versus the Palm, but they should not pose a problem for experienced users. The recognition setting comes initially set to slow, I switched it to medium but it still is slower than my stylus skills, so I might have to set it to fast and see if that improves it rate of recognition so I can not have to wait between writing one letter before writing the next.
I've paired it with my Palm TX and my Plantronics Voyager 510, without any problem. However, I've not seen the option of dropping the bluetooth connection with the device and the handset. As the device is new I assume I've not located it yet. It would be a cumbersome deal if one has to turn off bluetooth completely when you do not want to use the headset.
The bundled applications are all basic when it comes to PDA functionality. So if you are a power user you will quickly be looking for third party applications to fit your needs. I bought it because it is Linux, so I will be looking for a couple items myself, especially a programming language interpreter. Something others will not need, so this is just a personal need.
Taking photographs with it is pretty easy. However, I would not use this to replace my digital camera, the shots while good, lack a flash for dark areas when using it, and is slightly blurred, nowhere near as good as my Canon digital camera.
The good side of having this device is not having to walk around with my Palm, a cell phone and a digital camera. This device can serve all these functions. Yes, not at the same level of features and proficiency but very well adequately for one's daily needs.
One feature, I do wish it had was Wi-fi/802.11g capability, so that I could use it to connect to the internet and sync with my home network. A feature that should be looked at seriously, rather than having it available only on the very high end expensive phones.
The phone does not come packaged with a case, so that will be the other item you will start searching for after you get this phone.
I read a review once that the menus are too small to navigate with your fingers, I have found it to be false and most options and menu items can be easily be fingered.
So in conclusion, lacking the time to tell how worthy this phone is. You will get a phone that is impressive, feature rich, and can serve multi roles adequately. Only time will tell how reliable this phone is.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
MOTOROKR Z6 Initial Quality, February 1, 2008
I ordered this phone using next day shipping and it arrived as promised. The product description didn't say what is included in the box, so I thought I'd post that info while the phone is charging.
The kit is complete! No need to buy a memory card or MotoSync software.
- Phone, battery, power cables
- USB data cable
- Bluetooth stereo headphones with extra earpieces
- Wired headphone with extra earpieces
- 1GB micro-sd memory
- MotoSync software CD
- Motorolla music software CD
- Handy carrying pouch.
Finally, a phone that comes with everything I'd need so I don't have to go out and buy data cables, memory, etceters.
I plugged my Cingular SIM in and it works perfectly.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Love the phone, hate the earbuds, February 9, 2008
I recently upgraded to the ROKR E6 from my RAZR v3. This is a great little all-around phone and I'm very happy with it so far. It may not be the best choice for power users who need really high-end PDA functionality, but it's solid in the basics.
As mentioned in other reviews, when you get the phone its menus are in Chinese; to change this to English you must tap the icon in the upper left corner of the screen to bring up the menu icons. Scroll down and tap the settings icon which looks like a wrench. Tap the 5th option from the top to see language choices and you can then select English. The documentation is also in Chinese, but if you search online you can find an English version in .pdf format.
The phone has a decent form factor; it is longer than the RAZR and just a bit thicker. It is still thinner than most touch-screen phones I've seen on the market other than the iPhone. The touch-screen boosts the coolness factor and I find the menus are easy to navigate with my fingers (then again, I have smallish hands). For text input you will want to use the stylus. Handwriting recognition is good but only if you have good handwriting. I find it faster to input text via the on-screen keyboard. If you're big into texting, this system will be much better than entering text via the numeric keypad on a non-PDA phone, but is probably slower than doing so on a phone with an actual QWERTY keyboard. The phone has a manual lock on the side so that you can turn off touchscreen input when the phone is in its case or your pocket (and also conserve battery life). The display is bright and clear though I've not yet had the opportunity to see how it looks in full sunlight as it's been raining pretty much nonstop since I got the phone.
I don't notice much difference in the reception I get with this phone vs. my RAZR based on the number of bars, but I can hear much better due to a better/larger ear speaker. The included earbuds, however, are crap. They are far too large for my ears, and even if I could get them in my ears which I can't, they have terrible sound quality. Buy a different earpiece if you want to talk hands-free.
****UPDATE****
After having the phone for a little longer, I do find that I get poor reception in some areas. Although Amazon's description says that the phone is quad-band, it is actually only tri-band enabled out of the box. But, you can find great tutorials online that will teach you how to enable quad-band. After doing so, I am now getting 4-5 bars reception in areas where I was only getting 1 bar before.
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I like the entertainment features on the phone a lot, and by putting a bunch of music on my SD card, I've been using it more as an MP3 player than as a phone. My one complaint is that there is no equalizer in the player (or if there is, I haven't found it yet!). Still, as long as you plug in good earphones (as in, NOT the included earbuds), the sound quality is very good and I probably wouldn't be tweaking it much even if I did have an equalizer.
There are also several games included on the phone - the Sims, Age of Empires, Need for Speed, and something else which I haven't played yet. I found that with some of them I had to play around with the menus to get them in English even after I'd changed the phone language. It's no GameBoy or PSP, but certainly fun enough to keep you entertained while riding the bus or waiting at the doctors office.
PDA functionality is pretty basic - calendar, tasks, etc. Supposedly the included Motorola Phone Tools software, which has a crappy user interface, is supposed to allow you to sync your phone's contacts & calendar with your PC's Outlook calendar. Good luck with that. At first I couldn't even get the Outlook option to display in my sync choices; when I finally got around that issue (don't know how), the sync failed; and now the program crashes every time I try to load it. If you really want great synchronization w/Outlook, probably better to buy an actual windows mobile phone. For me this isn't a huge deal but it's still annoying. If any of you out there figure out how to get this to work, please post it here!
I don't have a data plan so I can't comment on functionality for internet browsing; but I assume that the touchscreen method would allow you to tap links & such and would make browsing easier than on a phone with solely keyboard input.
****UPDATE****
Out of the box, your internet settings are trying to connect to a network in Hong Kong. You can also find instructions on how to set the phone up for your wireless provider. Although I don't have a data plan, I set up the phone for my Cingular/AT&T service and verified that I can browse and send MMS.
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The 2 MP camera takes OK photos for a phone but there's a limit to the quality you can get out of such a tiny lens. Good enough to capture spur of the moment things but stick with a real camera when you can. The phone includes a business card reader function where you can photograph a business card and it will extract the information into your contacts list. You need really good lighting to pull this off, and the business card can't have too fancy of text or graphics. But when it works it's a neat feature.
Battery life seems really good so far as long as you're keeping the screen locked when not in use. I haven't quantified it yet but I can go a full day without losing a bar after a charge, and I can listen to a couple hours worth of tunes without losing a bar, so I'm guessing you could get at least 3 days worth of standby and 6 hours worth of music on a single charge, possibly more. Playing the video games is a battery drainer though because the screen stays on for so long.
In summary, I love the phone and were it not for the craptacular PC software and earbuds I'd give it a 5-star.
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